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The problem
Intervention: None - this is an observational study examining the association between firm proximity and child outcomes
Who it was tested with: Children from Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey (95,000+ child survey responses across three waves).
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Using matching techniques, we show that, when controlling for external factors, such as household income, students living closer to an exporting firm are more likely to report work and less likely to report attending school." The study uses spatial matching on observational survey data across multiple waves to establish associations between firm proximity and child outcomes, comparing similar children who differ in their proximity to export firms.
Observational design limits causal inference; matching techniques may not capture all confounding variables; mechanisms of influence not explored
Across countries and designs
27 studies · 24 countries
